Format
1. Introduction to the topic, ask a couple of questions about what is an invertebrate.
2. Major groups of invertebrates
3. Cockroaches
4. Beetles
5. Tarantulas
6. Wrap up
7. Time is allowed for questions and answers at the end (and throughout the program)
Objectives
1. Students will be able to identify what an invertebrate is.
2. Students will be able to name a couple species of invertebrates.
3. Students will be able to tell a couple of reasons why invertebrates are important.
Standards Alignment
State Standards
North Carolina Standard Course of Study:
•LS.6.2 Understand the flow of energy through ecosystems and the responses of populations to the biotic and abiotic factors in their environment.
•LS.6.2.2 Analyze and interpret data to predict how the abiotic factors (such as temperature, water, sunlight, and soil quality) and biotic factors affect the ability of organisms to grow and survive in different biomes (freshwater, marine, temperate forest, rainforest, grassland, desert, taiga, tundra).
•ESS.6.3 Understand the reciprocal relationship between the lithosphere and humans.
•LS.7.1 Understand the processes, structures and functions of living organisms that enable them to survive, reproduce and carry out the basic functions of life.
•LS.8.2 Understand how organisms interact with and respond to the biotic and abiotic factors in their environment.
•LS.8.2.2 Construct an explanation to summarize the relationships among producers, consumers, and decomposers including the positive and negative consequences of such interactions including: coexistence and cooperation, competition (predator/prey), parasitism, and mutualism.